Meanings
plural trimnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being trim.
The lawn's trimness impressed the home and garden award committee.
1 more example
The silky hair that covered round the borders, now smooth'd and re-pruned, had resumed its wonted curl and trimness; the fleshy pouting lips that had stood the brunt of the engagement, were no longer swollen or moisture-drenched
Fanny Hill
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
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trimness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimness
“trimness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trimness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimness.
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